Door-latch.



W. A; MOONBY.

DOOR LATCH.

Arrmuuon FILED um. 1e. 190s.

954,324. Patented Apr.5, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

www E Patented Apr. 5,1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

5411.112 niet,

SHOM/w13 W. A. MOONEY.

DOUE. LATOH.

APPLIUATIDN FILED AUG. 16. 1909.

` door latches. v.

.I doors,'house doors, gates and the like wherIl Lilieuiumerals ofrefr-enee `designate cor# r y, drawings i in the `scope ofthe `clair'ns,mey beresorted -cordancewith this inventions Fi is a side elevation, parti injsection. ig. 3 is kee'per, 'equipped l witli i a L horizontally dis- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM .AGUSTINE MOONEY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNQR `01?' ONEJIALF TO JAMES H. FRASER, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

noon-LATCH.

954,324. VSimoication of Letterlatent Patented Apr. 5,1910.

VApplication tiled 'August 16, 1909. Serial No. 513,130.

The invention relates to improvements in fThe object of the present invention is1 to 'improve the construction `of door lat'clies, and to provide a simple inex ensive and ellicient construction, designed or use on screen an ordinary fastenercan be employed, and adapted to enable a door tobe opened and closed without lifting the latch.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door latch of this character, adapt-- ed,when 'a door is shut, to hold the saine tightly in such position until the door is either pushed or pulled open with the required, force. A

Vith these and other 'objects in view, the invention nconsists in the construction andV novel combination of 'parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and ointed out in the claims hereto Yap ende it bein .understood 4that various c anges in the form, proportion, size and minor details .of construction,v withto withoutde artingfrom tliespirit qrsacri icing any o tliefadvantages of the-invenii'om L v` Intlie drawingsz-Figurel se perspec-l tive view of e door hmm/constructed in acav transverse sectionv view. Fig: 4 is aperspeetive view of the latch,1showin another form ofthe invent-ions Fig., 5 is a ongitudinal sectional view tif the Ilatch illustrated in .Figi Fig. tris eliorizoutal sectional view oii'theline Ge-(fofiliggv; S f i responding partslin all the figures of the y ini-he .embadimeia ify the invention iiiustrated -in Figs., ltoi inclusive, apivoted liookor ,latch member 1 eo-acts `with a sedroller ada 'tedblfacilitate the open# ing 4and closing o the door 3 to which tlie the 'same' in signed for various kinds of doors, such as screen doors, house doors. closet doors `and the like, may be constructed heavier an emloyed with equal facility on gates and simer closuresend the hook 1, which may be constructed of any suitable material, has a eneral outward ta er, and is pivotedat its inner enlarged en 'between a pair of pro- )ecting ears or flanges 4 of an attachment plate 5V.

The hook 1, `as shown in Fi elusive, consists of athin metal ie plate, and the pivot 6, which ierces the ears or anges 4, is located et vany intermediate point at the.

top and bottom of'the innerA end of the hook. The earsor flanges 4 are bent inwardly adjacent to the attachment plate to arrange their supporting portions the prov er dis# tance apart to corres ond to theft ickness of the hook l, which ts snugly between the outer portions of the ears or flan 'es 4. The inner en d of the hook is provide at the top andbottom with upper and lower horizontal `lugs 7 and 8, the lower lug 8 being normally maintained in.` engagement with Vthe lower `portion-of' the attachment 'plate by a coiled spring 9, having .its outer portion disposed on the upper lug andl secured at its inner end 10 to the` attachment plate, which is preferably provided withfa perforation for he reception of the adjacent end of the v sprin -Tlie spring is compressible to permit t e hook .to swin upward on the pivot 4to engage with an disenglage itself from the roller 2 ofthe keeper. he hook has e straight vertical-"rearedge'and is` provided Hatrthe top thereof with a recess 1n .which the upper lug is arranged. The attachment plate 5 is provided with upper and lower vertical. slots 10.for the reception-of screws `11 for securin the attachment-plate to the verticahadjustment of the' hook tof arrange y roper position 4:for engagement 'with the rol er Qui-the keeper.

The pivoted latch member'ior hook 1 is Vprovided at itsouter end with aninclined edge 12` Yextending downwardlyy and in-y .warcll'yf romthe extremity of the hook and `adapted to lieLearried-by the closing mowe- 'ment of the door into engagement withV Vthe roller 2,-and capabie .ofenablingthe latch door 3. The s ots and the screws permit a member toloe'reeullyswung u ward by such closing movementto engage t ve roller with latch is applied. `The latch, which is. de`

a substantially V-shaped recess, located at the lower edge of the hook. The V-shaped recess forms oppositely inclined edges 13 and 14, which engage the" roller 2 at the inner and outer sldesthereof. The 'outer inclined edge or wall of the lV-shaped recess permits the door to be readily opened, when the proper force is applied, and the inner edge or wall 14 of the Vshaped recess cooperates with the inner wall A13 to hold 1t tightly in its closed position. The opening and closin of thedoor 1s effected without lifting the atch, which is adapted to cooperate withspring'l hinges with which screen doors are Tormanly equipped, and when the door isclosed by suc spring hin es, the latch will automatically engage its eeper and hold the door 1n such position.

' The horizontally disposed roller 2 is mounted on a headed stud 15, suitabl fixedV to an attaching plate 16, provide with horizontal slots 17, receivinlgscrews 18 and adapted to erinit the attac ing plate 16 to be adjuste toward and from the latch. The horizontal adjustment of the attaching plate 16 and the-vertical adjustment of the attaching plate 5 will enable .the arts to be readily mounted on -aV door an the door frame or casing, and with relation to each ot e t n ,The door latch is equi ped with a locking member 19, consisting o a bar or piece havin a substantiall L-shaped4 arm 20 at one en and providedy at its other. end with an inwardly extending lug 21. The L-shaped arm is ivoted betweenthe slots 17 b a in or rivet 22, and the inwardlyexten in ug is adapted to engage over the stud 23 o the member or hook l, as clearlyy illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the latch member or hook'is held a ainst upward l movement and is prevented rom becoming disengaged from the keeper. The stud 23 is preferably formed b a pin, piercing the hook above the apex o the V-sha d recess and extending from op osite si es of the hook, whereby the latc either right o r left Yhand doors. When the loclcin member 19 is not in use, it hangs down eneath the keeper and is out ofthe llii Figs. 4 to 6 inclusive is illustrated another embodiment of the invention in which the hook 24 coperates with a V-shaped flange 25 of a kee er.` The V-shaped flange referably ormed integlllal with and located) at the top of an attac 'ng late `26, having horizontal slots 27 and a justably secured to 'the door frame or casing by screws 28. y

The latch member o. hook 24 is provided with an outer inclined edge 29, and it has a lower V-shaped recess forming oppositely inclined edges 30 and 31. The inner end of the latch member or hook is provided' at the ylug is plositioned properly is reversible for' plate.

'between ears or flanges 33 ofan attachingV yplate 34 by a transverse`pin `35, or other suitable fastening device. equplped with spaced lower lugs=36,and a coil taching plate and the upper ort/ion ofh'the latch member` or hook, whic is provided with an upper lug 38 for the reception of the adacent end of the spring.

rear edge of the hook. The inner end of the spring 1s mounted on the projection 39, einV tendin from the attaching plate and formed 1integra with the same,cons1stingr of a portion of the Vmetal cut to rovide the upper The sides 32 areA spring 37 is interposed between the aty The `upper 75, ocated in the recess at the top o h j slot 40. rlhe attachingp ate has upperand lower slots 40 and is secured to'the lower casing by adjusting screws 41. t

Thelatch member or hook automatically engageswith the V-shaped flange and disengages itself therefrom, and it may be locked 1n engagement with the .flange bya locking member 42, consisting of a bar or piece pivoted by a screw 43, or other suitable fastening device to the door frame or casing and provided with an larm 44,`arranged to engage the u per edge of thehook 24, as clearly lllustrate prevent thesaid hook. from being raised.

-Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim 'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i i 1. A door latch including a vertical attaching plate provided at an intermediate pointwith spaced integral horizontally alined ears, an a proximately triangular hook extending orizontally from and pivoted at itsinner end between the ears of the attaching late and having a'straight vertical rear e ge and recess d at the up er ortionv thereof and provide above' and eow the ears with spaced horizontally rothe said recess at t e top of the hook and spaced from the attaching portion, and the lower lug being arranged at right angles to and extending beyond the rear edge of the hook and abnttin against the attaching plate when the `hoo is ina horizontal position, said hook being alsoI provided in its lower ed 'e with a V-shaped recess forming inner an outer foppositely inclined tedges, the inner edge being straight land continuously inclined from theouter edge of the recess tothe lower lug, and the outer end edge of the hook being inclined downwardly and inwardly, and a coiled s rin in the recess of theftop 'of t e ook andfitted on the rupper lug and interposed between the same and the attaching plate to hold the latter lug normally against the said 2; A door latch including a latch member a keeper engaged bythe latch nner-liberiai;`

1n Fig. 5 of the drawings, tol

located located beneath the same, and a locking member pivotcd at a `point below the latch member and having a projecting portion and adapted to be swung upward to engage such projecting portion with the latch member to prevent the latter from being disengaged from the keeper.

3. A door lateh including alatch inember provided with a laterally extendingprojection, a keeper engaged by the latch inember and loeated beneath the Same. and a locking member pivoted to the keeper at a point below the latch member and having a projecting portion and adapted to be swung upward to engage such projecting portion with the projection of the latch member to prevent the latter from being disengaged from the keeper.

l. A door .latch of the class dest-ribed including a reversible latch member provided at opposite aides with laterallyY projecting studs, a keeper located beneath and engaged by the lateh member, and a locking member i pivoted to the keeper at a point below the latch member and having an engaging por tion and adapted to be swung apward into engagement with the adjacent stud to pref vent the latch member from being lifted out of engagement with the keeper.

5. A door latch including a pivoted hook arranged in approximately a horizontal position and provided with a laterallv projeeting stad, a keeper located beneat i and engaging with the hook, and a pivotal locking member mounted on the keeper beiow the latclrmen'lber and provided at oueend with an approximateljT L-shaped arm and having a projecting flange at the other end to engage with the lug.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing my own, I have hereto atiixed my signatture in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM AGUSTINE liitltlh'EY.

Tit nesses JAMES H. FRASER, C. R. LANE. 

